Liberty Lutheran Services

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Ambler, PA501(c)(3)Since 1991Human ServicesEIN 23-3059658Revenue $9.8M in FY2025

On file with the IRSlibertylutheran.org7002 Butler Pike, 19002-5107 · Ambler, PATax-exempt since Apr 1987Church — 170(b)(1)(A)(i)

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Liberty Lutheran faithfully accompanies individuals and families who are facing life changing situations through an empowering approach that honors their choices and well-being.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Run by 13 volunteers and 51 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $745K a year · 8% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$2.4M
to officers and key staff · 22% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 22% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.2 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $20K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$26.4M
24% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 24% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$9.8M
+10% vs prior year
Spent
$10.6M
Net assets
$82.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$9.8M
FY2025▲ +10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$8.1M
FY2021$9.7M
FY2022$8.5M
FY2023$8.7M
FY2024$8.9M
FY2025$9.8M
Expenses
$10.6M
FY2025▲ +8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$9.4M
FY2021$9.3M
FY2022$9.0M
FY2023$10.0M
FY2024$9.8M
FY2025$10.6M
Net assets
$82.1M
FY2025▲ +16%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$42.7M
FY2021$69.6M
FY2022$55.9M
FY2023$62.8M
FY2024$70.5M
FY2025$82.1M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1987.

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Where the money goes

What each dollar paid for.

Management & general 100% · $10.6M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

19 people listed on the 990; $2.4M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
CEO/President Until 11/25
$680,277Pt VII · Sec A
CFO/SVP Through 10/25
$394,568Pt VII · Sec A
$351,881Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Real Estate
$240,545Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director- Alh
$180,055Pt VII · Sec A
$179,311Pt VII · Sec A
VP - Human Resources
$174,310Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Information Systems
$170,041Pt VII · Sec A

Luanne Fisher’s $680K as CEO/President Until 11/25 is at the 100th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3868 $1–10M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Luanne Fisher$680,277$607,438$731,238$451,777$532,826$477,154
John M Barnum$394,568$364,748$325,022$260,929——
Joan McCabe Myers$351,881$327,577$313,456$258,888——
John Barnum————$299,657$307,532
Joan Myers————$268,356$241,692
David W Deluca$240,545$228,635$220,569$183,946——
George Robertson——$212,418$187,915$183,321$177,246
Dolores a Redner—$204,404————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Empowering individuals and families through life-changing situations, honoring their choices and well-being.

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3 programs · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Artman is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) senior living community located in ambler, pennsylvania that provides accommodations and services for personal care, memory care, short-term rehabilitation, and long-term skilled nursing care.

Pt IX · col B
02

Paul's run is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) senior living community located in philadelphia, pennsylvania that provides accommodations and services for independent living, personal care, short-term rehabilitation, and long-term skilled nursing care.

Pt IX · col B
03

Mary j. Drexel home, D/B/A the hearth at drexel (MJD), is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) senior living community located in bala cynwyd, pennsylvania. The hearth provides household accommodations and services for assisted living, memory care, and respite care.

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$20K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$9.8M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$9.4M
Other incomeLn 4–11$223K
Investment incomeLn 3$196K
Money outPt IX
$10.6M
Ln 25
Managementcol C$10.6M
Owns and owesPt X
$82.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$179K
Total assetsLn 16$108.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$26.4M
PeoplePt VI, VII
19
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$9.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$196K
Other incomeLn 4–11$223K
Total revenueLn 12$9.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$179K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$179K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.1M
Other assetsLn 15$102.9M
Total assetsLn 16$108.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$26.4M
Net assetsLn 32$82.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 551
VolunteersI 613
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$130K$179K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.1M$1.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.2M$3.1M
Total assetsLn 16$93.3M$108.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$22.7M$26.4M
Net assetsLn 32$70.5M$82.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.7M$1.7M
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$5.2M$5.2M
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.2M$1.2M
Payroll taxesLn 10$447K$447K
Legal feesLn 11b$6K$6K
Accounting feesLn 11c$32K$32K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$679K$679K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$4K$4K
Office expensesLn 13$21K$21K
OccupancyLn 16$9K$9K
InterestLn 20$703K$703K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$253K$253K
InsuranceLn 23$76K$76K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$196K$196K
Total functional expensesLn 25$10.6M$0$10.6M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $9.8M$10.6M−$815K$82.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $8.9M$9.8M−$848K$70.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $8.7M$10.0M−$1.3M$62.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $8.5M$9.0M−$510K$55.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $9.7M$9.3M$372K$69.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $8.1M$9.4M−$1.4M$42.7M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $9,776,473 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $8,551,769$9,357,215
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $166,905$196,118
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $204,157$223,140
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $8,922,831$9,776,473
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $7,900,583$8,612,058
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,870,282$1,979,041
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $9,770,865$10,591,099
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$848,034−$814,626
Part VI · Governance 11 of 12 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $9,776,473 across 4 lines filed
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $9,357,215$9,357,215
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $196,118$196,118
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $223,140$223,140
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $9,357,215 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $419,258$9,776,473
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $10,591,099 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $1,680,455$1,680,455
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesManagement $5,242,367$5,242,367
IX-9 Other employee benefitsManagement $1,242,156$1,242,156
IX-10 Payroll taxesManagement $447,080$447,080
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $6,415$6,415
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $31,764$31,764
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $679,459$679,459
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $3,811$3,811
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $21,148$21,148
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $9,163$9,163
IX-20 InterestManagement $702,556$702,556
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $252,995$252,995
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $75,547$75,547
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Management $196,183$196,183
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $0 · Management $10,591,099 · Fundraising $0$10,591,099
Part X · Balance sheet $108,426,586 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $129,992$179,414
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $869,837$1,019,509
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $69,986$36,885
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,198,491$3,074,943
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $36,000$36,000
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $1,059,408$1,226,073
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $87,897,329$102,853,762
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $93,261,043$108,426,586
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,218,496$1,403,765
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $17,895$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $18,816,318$20,449,381
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $22,738,729$26,353,772
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $65,430,355$75,797,352
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $5,091,959$6,275,462
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $70,522,314$82,072,814
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $93,261,043$108,426,586
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $82,072,814 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$9,776,473
XI-2 Total expenses$10,591,099
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$814,626
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$70,522,314
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$12,365,126
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$82,072,814

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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